"How are you feeling?" Dom asked, after Kel had lay down on his bed.
She shrugged. "Nothing's broken anymore, I'll be fine. Where are you sleeping?"
"Cot." He said, pointing at a cot that a refugee had brought in. "You will be fine, sure, but what about now?"
Kel smiled. "You care far too much for your own good."
Dom sat down beside her. "Kel, I have every right to be worried about you. You were gone for a long time, Kel. We all thought we'd lost you."
He hugged her softly. Just then, there was a knock at the door.
"Hey Dom. Kel, how are you feeling." Neal asked.
Kel groaned. "Doesn't anyone want to know anything else about me? How about, 'Kel, how was your day?' or 'Kel, what are you planning on doing tomorrow?'"
Dom laughed. "She's being way worse to you than she was to me."
"Not fair, Kel! Treat everyone fairly." Neal said. "Seriously, how are you feeling? You were in pretty bad conditions for a long time."
Kel sighed. "I just feel weak, and I wish I could get my skills back instead of sleeping. I haven't gotten any exercise in two and a half months. But really, I will be fine."
Neal nodded. "I just wanted to check. Goodnight, you two."
"Goodnight, Neal." Kel smiled. It felt good to have friends to say goodbye to.
"Night, Meathead." Neal scowled, but didn't say anything.
Kel sighed. She wished she didn't need to sleep. She wanted to be up with her friends, seeing all the people she'd missed for such a long time. She didn't want to be sitting in uncomfortable silence with a man who seemed uncomfortable with her now.
She looked at Dom. He was lying on his bed, looking at the ceiling. It was true, they were silent, and Dom did not look comfortable.
"Dom, what's wrong?" Kel asked softly.
He looked over at her, but then went back to looking at the ceiling. "It just feels so strange. I spent so much time thinking the worst, thinking that you were dead, thinking that you would leak everything away, that we would have to save you, but- but then you surprised us."
He got up and walked over to her bed. "You didn't tell them anything, you survived with a few broken ribs and some bruises, and you escaped on your own. Then I think of all the things you have done in the past, like building and running two refugee camps, and killing Blayce, and Neal tells me you led your friends when you were a page, and you did so much, and I look at myself, and I have done nothing. Nothing except fall in love with a woman who's too good for me."
Kel looked up at him. Too good? Her? "Dom," She shook her head. "I'm not too good for you. I let myself get captured, remember? And no one is too good for anyone else's love."
She leaned forward and kissed him. "I love you." She whispered. "I don't care if you haven't done anything."
He smiled. "Thank you, Lady Knight."
"Now that is just going to make you feel worse." Kel laughed.
Dom sat back. "I don't know, maybe I'm taking this the wrong way. Maybe I should be telling people you're in love with me. You can be a trophy. 'Oh yeah? Well the Lady Knight is in love with. me.' That would shut anyone up."
Kel laughed. "Dom, you can make any situation funny, can't you?"
He laughed too. "Probably. Now go to sleep. If you want to be able to get up tomorrow, you really must sleep."
He kissed her on the forehead and went to his own bed.
"Goodnight, Kel." He said softly, a few minutes later.
Kel heard it, but was too tired to answer.
The next morning, Kel woke up feeling worse than she had the day before. She was so sore, she felt like she would never get out of bed. But she knew that getting up would make her feel better, so she dragged herself out.
She glanced at Dom's bed, and saw that he was still sleeping.
She went to the bathroom to wash up. Sinking into a warm bath, Kel sighed. "How long has it been?" She thought. "I forgot what a bath feels like."
Half an hour later, Kel got out of the bath, her sore muscles feeling much better. Just as she was wrapping a towel around her, the door opened.
"Ahh, Dom!" She yelled.
He immediately went turned around and closed the door.
"Sorry." Came his muffled voice from the other side of the door. "I didn't know you were in there."
Kel laughed as she opened the door. "Not a problem. Just remember to knock next time."
He nodded, blushing slightly. As soon as the door was closed between them again, Kel sighed quietly. That was probably one of the most embarrassing things he's could've done. She shrugged it off and got dressed quickly. Just as she was pulling up her hair, which had grown incredibly long now, longer than she'd ever had it in her entire life, Dom walked out.
"Leaving so soon?" He pouted.
Kel laughed. "Dom, I haven't seen my friends in two and a half months. You're not the only person on the planet."
She walked slowly down to the mess hall. A few of the refugees whispered as she walked past, but she ignored them.
In the mess hall, she saw Raoul, Alanna, and Fhire sitting at the front table.
"Good morning." She grinned, sitting down beside them.
"Good morning Kel." Alanna smiled.
"Morning." Raoul said.
"Good morning, Lady Kel." Fhire said. "How are you feeling?"
"Sore." Kel said.
"That would be so." Alana said. "Kel, Raoul and I are going back to Steadfast today, seeing as you're on the mend. Will you be okay taking command again, or should we appoint a temporary leader until you're better?"
Kel shook her head. "That won't be necessary. I'm fine, really."
"Fine, but I don't want to see you doing the labour with the refugees, alright? Neal told us that you insist on doing every job here, and he said you need to rest." Raoul looked stern.
"Yes, my lord." Kel said, sticking her tongue out at him.
"I'm going to be nice and take that as a yes." He laughed.
An hour later, Kel accompanied them to the gate, to see them off.
"Well, I daresay I will miss this camp." Alanna said.
"It does make you do that, doesn't it?" Kel smiled. "Have a safe trip, and I hope to see you both soon, on happier reason."
They both nodded, taking that as a goodbye.
Kel watched as they trotted off towards Steadfast. "Goddess bless them on their trip." She said, turning around and looking at the work ahead of her.
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She shrugged. "Nothing's broken anymore, I'll be fine. Where are you sleeping?"
"Cot." He said, pointing at a cot that a refugee had brought in. "You will be fine, sure, but what about now?"
Kel smiled. "You care far too much for your own good."
Dom sat down beside her. "Kel, I have every right to be worried about you. You were gone for a long time, Kel. We all thought we'd lost you."
He hugged her softly. Just then, there was a knock at the door.
"Hey Dom. Kel, how are you feeling." Neal asked.
Kel groaned. "Doesn't anyone want to know anything else about me? How about, 'Kel, how was your day?' or 'Kel, what are you planning on doing tomorrow?'"
Dom laughed. "She's being way worse to you than she was to me."
"Not fair, Kel! Treat everyone fairly." Neal said. "Seriously, how are you feeling? You were in pretty bad conditions for a long time."
Kel sighed. "I just feel weak, and I wish I could get my skills back instead of sleeping. I haven't gotten any exercise in two and a half months. But really, I will be fine."
Neal nodded. "I just wanted to check. Goodnight, you two."
"Goodnight, Neal." Kel smiled. It felt good to have friends to say goodbye to.
"Night, Meathead." Neal scowled, but didn't say anything.
Kel sighed. She wished she didn't need to sleep. She wanted to be up with her friends, seeing all the people she'd missed for such a long time. She didn't want to be sitting in uncomfortable silence with a man who seemed uncomfortable with her now.
She looked at Dom. He was lying on his bed, looking at the ceiling. It was true, they were silent, and Dom did not look comfortable.
"Dom, what's wrong?" Kel asked softly.
He looked over at her, but then went back to looking at the ceiling. "It just feels so strange. I spent so much time thinking the worst, thinking that you were dead, thinking that you would leak everything away, that we would have to save you, but- but then you surprised us."
He got up and walked over to her bed. "You didn't tell them anything, you survived with a few broken ribs and some bruises, and you escaped on your own. Then I think of all the things you have done in the past, like building and running two refugee camps, and killing Blayce, and Neal tells me you led your friends when you were a page, and you did so much, and I look at myself, and I have done nothing. Nothing except fall in love with a woman who's too good for me."
Kel looked up at him. Too good? Her? "Dom," She shook her head. "I'm not too good for you. I let myself get captured, remember? And no one is too good for anyone else's love."
She leaned forward and kissed him. "I love you." She whispered. "I don't care if you haven't done anything."
He smiled. "Thank you, Lady Knight."
"Now that is just going to make you feel worse." Kel laughed.
Dom sat back. "I don't know, maybe I'm taking this the wrong way. Maybe I should be telling people you're in love with me. You can be a trophy. 'Oh yeah? Well the Lady Knight is in love with. me.' That would shut anyone up."
Kel laughed. "Dom, you can make any situation funny, can't you?"
He laughed too. "Probably. Now go to sleep. If you want to be able to get up tomorrow, you really must sleep."
He kissed her on the forehead and went to his own bed.
"Goodnight, Kel." He said softly, a few minutes later.
Kel heard it, but was too tired to answer.
The next morning, Kel woke up feeling worse than she had the day before. She was so sore, she felt like she would never get out of bed. But she knew that getting up would make her feel better, so she dragged herself out.
She glanced at Dom's bed, and saw that he was still sleeping.
She went to the bathroom to wash up. Sinking into a warm bath, Kel sighed. "How long has it been?" She thought. "I forgot what a bath feels like."
Half an hour later, Kel got out of the bath, her sore muscles feeling much better. Just as she was wrapping a towel around her, the door opened.
"Ahh, Dom!" She yelled.
He immediately went turned around and closed the door.
"Sorry." Came his muffled voice from the other side of the door. "I didn't know you were in there."
Kel laughed as she opened the door. "Not a problem. Just remember to knock next time."
He nodded, blushing slightly. As soon as the door was closed between them again, Kel sighed quietly. That was probably one of the most embarrassing things he's could've done. She shrugged it off and got dressed quickly. Just as she was pulling up her hair, which had grown incredibly long now, longer than she'd ever had it in her entire life, Dom walked out.
"Leaving so soon?" He pouted.
Kel laughed. "Dom, I haven't seen my friends in two and a half months. You're not the only person on the planet."
She walked slowly down to the mess hall. A few of the refugees whispered as she walked past, but she ignored them.
In the mess hall, she saw Raoul, Alanna, and Fhire sitting at the front table.
"Good morning." She grinned, sitting down beside them.
"Good morning Kel." Alanna smiled.
"Morning." Raoul said.
"Good morning, Lady Kel." Fhire said. "How are you feeling?"
"Sore." Kel said.
"That would be so." Alana said. "Kel, Raoul and I are going back to Steadfast today, seeing as you're on the mend. Will you be okay taking command again, or should we appoint a temporary leader until you're better?"
Kel shook her head. "That won't be necessary. I'm fine, really."
"Fine, but I don't want to see you doing the labour with the refugees, alright? Neal told us that you insist on doing every job here, and he said you need to rest." Raoul looked stern.
"Yes, my lord." Kel said, sticking her tongue out at him.
"I'm going to be nice and take that as a yes." He laughed.
An hour later, Kel accompanied them to the gate, to see them off.
"Well, I daresay I will miss this camp." Alanna said.
"It does make you do that, doesn't it?" Kel smiled. "Have a safe trip, and I hope to see you both soon, on happier reason."
They both nodded, taking that as a goodbye.
Kel watched as they trotted off towards Steadfast. "Goddess bless them on their trip." She said, turning around and looking at the work ahead of her.
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Wow, worst chapter ever. I'll talk about people's reviews next time, I'm really tired and lazy right now, and I just want to post the worst chapter in existence.
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